IRF’2009, Porto 20-24 July 2009

Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

INTEGRITY
RELIABILITY
AND FAILURE
CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES

Editors:
J.F. Silva Gomes
Shaker A. Meguid
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 IRF’2009

INTEGRITY, RELIABILITY AND

FAILURE
(CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES)

Editors
J.F. Silva Gomes and Shaker A. Meguid

Edições INEGI
(2009)
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This volume contains the Abstracts of papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on
Integrity, Reliability and Failure, held at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, 20-
24 July 2009. The event and this Book of Abstracts were sponsored by the following institutions,
whose contributions are gratefully acknowledged:

Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto

University of Toronto
Reitoria da Universidade do Porto
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
IEEE Portugal Section (IEEE-PT)
IEEE Education Society Chapter - Distinguished Lecture Program
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Portuguese Association for Experimental Mechanics
Ordem dos Engenheiros de Portugal
M.T. Brandão, Lda
Metro do Porto, SA
STCP, SA
 PREFACE
As the engineering community continues to cross the boundaries of known practices, materials and
manufacturing techniques into the frontiers of new functional materials, environments and
applications, the opportunities for catastrophic failures will inevitably increase. If our knowledge of
how to engineer systems, structures and components to minimize or prevent catastrophic failure is to
keep pace with modern manufacturing technologies, the demanding applications, and the intolerance
of a safety conscious society, we must continue our efforts to develop and use superior materials,
apply reliable analytical techniques and validate these with sound experimental tools.
The objective of this gathering is to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of recent
advances in three related areas: integrity, reliability and failure of engineering structures, components
and systems. The goal is to enable mechanical, aeronautical, civil, automotive, biomedical and nuclear
engineers, researchers and scientists from all over the world to exchange ideas on mechanics, materials
and design as they relate to system integrity and reliability.
This third international conference was part of a prestigious series of Integrity Reliability and Failure
conferences coordinated by the International Scientific Committee on Mechanics and Materials in
Design. The conference attracted over 260 participants with 310 accepted academic and industrial
submissions from 45 different countries around the world. These papers were presented in July 20−24,
2009 in the magnificent city of Porto, Portugal, and the conference themes focused on design,
nanotechnology, computational and structural mechanics, experimental mechanics, advanced
materials, energetic systems, and case studies.
We are particularly indebted to the Symposium Promoters for the coordination of the different themes
and to the authors for their papers and oral presentations. Each of the more than 300 oral contributions
offered opportunities for thorough discussions with the authors. We acknowledge all of the
participants, who contributed with innovations, new research approaches, novel modelling and
simulation efforts, and invaluable critical comments.
We are also indebted to the six outstanding plenary lecturers who highlighted the conference themes
with their contributions: Dr. J.N. Reddy (Texas A&M University/USA), Dr. Shaker A. Meguid
(University of Toronto/Canada), Dr. G. Weng (Rutgers University/USA), Dr. D.R.J. Owen (University
of Swansea/UK), Dr. Magnus Langseth (NTNU/Norway), and Dr. Mário A.P. Vaz (University of
Porto/Portugal).
Finally, we wish to express our gratitude to the members of the International Scientific Committee for
reviewing the papers and to the Conference Organizing Committee: Dr. Carlos C. António, Dr. José
M. Cirne, Dr.Rui M. Guedes, Dr. M. Teresa Restivo, Dr. Aarash Sofla, and Dr. Mário A.P. Vaz.

Shaker A. Meguid & J.F. Silva Gomes

Porto, July 2009
 ORGANIZATION

Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

J.F. Silva Gomes and Shaker A. Meguid, (Co-Chairs)

Carlos C. António, José M. Cirne, Rui M. Guedes, Paulo G. Piloto
M. Teresa Restivo, Aarash Sofla, Mário A.P. Vaz

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Clito F. Afonso, Portugal; Anabela C. Alves, Portugal; C.C. António, Portugal; Rui C. Barros, Portugal; K.J.
Bathe, USA; R. de Borst,Netherlands; Pedro Camanho, Portugal; Carlos Cardeira, Portugal; Catarina Castro,
Portugal; J.L. Chenot, France; Luisa Costa, Portugal; Álvaro Cunha, Portugal; S. Datta, USA; J. Rodrigues
Dias, Portugal; José L. Esteves, Portugal; A.J.M. Ferreira, Portugal; Elza Fonseca, Portugal; Hossam A.
Gabbar, Canada; S.V. Hoa, Canada; I. Hutchings,UK; N. Jones, UK; Renato N. Jorge, Portugal; David
Kennedy, Ireland; H.W. Klein, Germany; M. Langseth, Norway; T. Laursen,USA; Celina P. Leão, Portugal; R.
Lewis, UK; D.G. Lee, Korea; Nuno Maia, Portugal; A. Mal, USA; A.T. Marques, Portugal; J. Couto Marques,
Portugal; Alberto Meda, Italy; S. A. Meguid, Canada; R.E. Miller, Canada; G. Mimmi, Italy; Rosa M. Miranda,
Portugal; Y. Miyano, Japan; Amiram Moshaiov, Israel; Marcelo F. Moura, Portugal; Carlos Navarro, Spain; C.
Papalettere, Italy; Paulo Piloto, Portugal; J.N. Pires, Portugal; J.N. Reddy, USA; M.T. Restivo, Portugal; Nuno
F. Rilo, Portugal; J. Dias Rodrigues, Portugal; C.Q. Ru, Canada; Arlindo J. Silva, Portugal; Lucas F.M. Silva,
Portugal; J.F. Silva Gomes, Portugal; C.A. Sciammarella, Italy; Jorge H.O. Seabra, Portugal; M. Gameiro Silva
Portugal; S. Carmo Silva Portugal; C. M. Soares, Portugal; Afzal Suleman, Portugal; João M.R.S. Tavares,
Portugal; M.J . Tooren, Netherlands; K.T. Tan, Singapore; Mário P. Vaz, Portugal; George Weng, USA; Y.C.
Yoon, Singapore; Z. Zhang, China.

SYMPOSIA COORDINATORS
Clito Afonso (U. Porto, Portugal), Carlos C. António (U. Porto, Portugal), Tiago Barbosa (IPB, Portugal), Rui
C. Barros (U. Porto, Portugal), Pedro Camanho (U. Porto, Portugal), J. Reis Campos (U. Porto, Portugal), M.
Braz César (IPB, Portugal), J. Rodrigues Dias (U. Évora, Portugal), José S. Esteves (U. Porto, Portugal), Paulo
Fernandes (IST, Portugal), António Ferreira (U. Porto, Portugal), Elza Fonseca (IPB, Portugal), Mihail Fontul
(IST, Portugal, Hossam Gabbar (UOIT, Canada), J.F. Silva Gomes (U. Porto, Portugal), Renato N. Jorge (U.
Porto, Portugal), Jackie Li (CUNI, USA), F. Jorge Lino (U. Porto, Portugal), Ramiro Martins (INEGI,
Portugal), Alberto Meda (U. Rome, Italy), Shaker A. Meguid (U. Toronto, Canada), Rosa Miranda (FCT/UNL,
Portugal), Paulo Piloto (IPB, Portugal), M. Teresa Restivo (U. Porto, Portugal), Nuno Rilo (U. Coimbra), J.
Dias Rodrigues (U. Porto, Portugal), Carla Roque (U. Porto, Portugal), Jorge Seabra (U. Porto, Portugal),
Arlindo Silva (IST, Portugal), Lucas F. Silva (U. Porto, Portugal), Aarash Sofla (U. Toronto, Canada), João M.
Tavares (U. Porto, Portugal), César Vasques (INEGI, Portugal), Mário A.P. Vaz (U. Porto, Portugal), Zheng
Hong Zhu (York U., Canada).
 CONTENTS

Preface v

Contents vii

REF: INVITED PLENARY PAPERS 1

P0001_A0392 MULTI-FIELD COUPLING STRATEGIES FOR LARGE SCALE PROBLEMS 3

INVOLVING MULTI-FRACTURING SOLIDS AND PARTICULATE MEDIA.
D.R.J. Owen, Y.T. Feng, K. Han, C.R. Leonardi, and J. Yu
P0002_A0571 MULTISCALE MODELLING OF THE NONLINEAR BEHAVIOUR OF 5
NANO-REINFORCED COMPOSITE INTERFACES. S.A. Meguid, and J.
Wernik
P0003_A0555 YIELD STRENGTH OF NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS. George J. Weng 7
P0004_A0584 OPTICAL METHODS IN EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS. Mário A.P. Vaz 9
P0005_A0564 MULTISCALE THERMAL ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES. J.N. Reddy, 11
V.U. Unnikrishnan, and D. Banerjee
P0006_A0566 CRASHWORTHINESS OF ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES. Magnus Langseth 13

CHAP. I EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING 15

S0101_A0256 NEW STRUCTURAL NOISE FILTERING PROCEDURE FOR ULTRASONIC 17

NDT SIGNAL ANALYSIS. Fairouz Bettayeb
S0102_A0337 USE OF A0 LAMB MODE TO MEASURE THE THICKNESS OF THIN 19
PLATES, APPLICATION TO NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING. Y. Abbas, S.
Sait, and F. Boubenider
S0103_A0382 CALIBRATION OF FBG SENSORS FOR MEASUREMENT OF 21
TEMPERATURE AND DEFORMATION USING THERMAL STRESSES. V.
Richter-Trummer, D. Peixoto, P.M.G.P. Moreira, S.F.O. Silva, O. Frazão, and
P.M.S.T. de Castro
S0104_A0390 DETECTING BRITTLE MATERIAL DAMAGE BY NONLINEAR 23
ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENT. Mehrdad Emami-Tabrizi, Minh-Phong
Luong, and Bernard Halphen
S0105_A0459 INFLUENCE OF PROCESS PARAMETERS ON RESIDUAL MECHANICAL 25
STRESSES OF A POLYMERIC HIGH VOLTAGE INSULATOR. Nikolaus
Zant, Robert Platek, Tomasz Nowak, and Vincent Tilliette
S0106_A0468 PROPAGATION OF GUIDED WAVES IN A HOLLOW CIRCULAR 27
CYLINDER APPLICATION TO NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING. Djili Sonia,
and Boubenider Fouad
S0107_A0469 DISPLACEMENT FULL-FIEL MEASUREMENT AT CRACK ROOT USING 29
THE INTERFEROMETRIC MOIRÉ TECHNIQUE. João Ribeiro, Hernâni Lopes,
Jaime Monteiro, and Mário Vaz
S0108_A0474 OLD SALTS IN MODERN CONSTRUCTIONS. Carlos Alves 31
Porto/Portugal, 20-24 July 2009

S0109_A0475 MODELLING THE RELIABILITY OF ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS 33

FROM DATA DERIVED BY INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY. John Redgate,
Amin Al-Habaibeh, Dilan Jayaweera, Daniel Tarrent, and Philip Pickering
S0110_A0477 EVALUATION OF THE PENETRATION DEPTH OF LCR WAVES FOR 35
STRESS MEASUREMENT. Ricardo dos Santos Fraga, Marcilio Haddad
Andrino, and Auteliano Antunes dos Santos Júnior
S0111_A0501 DECONVOLUTION OF THE TRANSDUCER APERTURE EFFECT IN 37
STEEL. W. Djerir, T. Boutkedjirt, and A. Badidi Bouda
S0112_A0525 MIXED FORMULATION SOLUTION AND OPTICAL BASED 39
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN THE DEFORMATION OF STRAIGHT
PIPES UNDER RADIAL FORCES. Luísa R. Madureira, Mário Vaz, Jaime
Monteiro, Nuno Viriato Ramos, and Francisco Q. Melo
S0113_A0540 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CORROSION OF HSLA STEEL (X70) BY 41
THE COMBINATION OF A WEIGHT LOSS METHOD AND ULTRASONIC
TESTING. M. Djama, and R. Halimi
S0114_A0476 USE OF ULTRASONICS FOR THE QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF FRYING 43
OIL. Driss Izbaim, Naima Taifi, Mohamed Malanine, Bouaazza Faiz, Ali
Moudden, and Gérard Maze
S0115_A0579 SHOT PEENING APPLICATIONS ON PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING IN 45
THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. Jean-Yves Thieuleux

CHAP. II INSTRUMENTATION AND ENGINEERING MEASUREMENT 47

S0201_A0577 MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS. Dieter Muller 49

S0202_A0309 SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE AND STOICHIOMETRIC 51
APPLIED TO A VERTICAL DRYER CERAMIC FEEDED WITH NATURAL
GAS. João Mota Neto, Roderval Marcelino, Vilson Gruber, and Jovani Castelan
S0203_A0329 MODELLING OF SERVO HYDRAULIC CONTROL OF RECOVERY ASSIST 53
CABLE SYSTEM FOR SHIPBORNE HELICOPTER. Z.H. Zhu
S0204_A0405 INVESTIGATION OF LONG TERM STABILITY OF ARC-INDUCED 55
GRATINGS ANNEALED AT HIGH TEMPERATURES. G. Rego, P. Caldas,
P.A.S. Jorge, O.V. Ivanov, and J.L. Santos
S0205_A0467 REAL-TIME MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF A BUS PUBLIC 57
TRANSPORT NETWORK: THE STCP EXPERIENCE. Jorge Freire de Sousa,
Jorge Rocha Teixeira, and José Barreira Ferreira
S0206_A0219 SOLVING THE CHALLENGE OF HYPERINTENSIVE AQUACULTURE: 59
GETTING THE MAXIMUM MONITORING OUTPUT FROM THE MINIMUM
WATER INPUT. M.T. Borges, I. Santos, M.T. Restivo, J.G. Mendes, H. Ribeiro,
and C.M. Pereira
S0207_A0231 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF GROUNDWATER FLOW PROBLEMS. José 61
M.M. Couto Marques, and César Romão Ferreira
S0208_A0307 DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND REMOTE MONITORING BASED IN 63
CELLULAR NETWORK FOR MANAGMENT OF BRAKE PAD WASTE AND
WIND POWER TOWER VIBRATION. Lírio Schaeffer, Roderval Marcelino,
Vilson Gruber, Jovani Castelan, and João Mota Neto
S0209_A0308 DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTS THROUGH 65
INCREMENTAL SHEET FORMING FOR MEDICAL ORTHOPAEDIC
APPLICATIONS. Lírio Schaeffer, Jovani Castelan, Vilson Gruber, Anderson
Daleffe, and Roderval Marcelino

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S0210_A0391 THE USE OF A SEGMENTED CELL FOR DMFC PERFORMANCE 67

DIAGNOSING AND EVALUATING. V.B. Silva, V.S. Silva, and A. Mendes
S0211_A0533 EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF SÃO 69
LOURENÇO RAILWAY BRIDGE. Diogo Ribeiro, Rui Calçada, and Raimundo
Delgado
S0212_A0338 A NOVEL ELECTRODE FOR PASTELESS ECG MONITORING. D. Vascon- 71
celos, A.C. Alves, G. Barreto, P. Pedrosa, D. Freitas, F. Vaz, and C. Fonseca
S0213_A0381 DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTOELECTRONIC GAS MONITORING UNIT 73
BASED IN WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY. F. Magalhães,
J.P. Carvalho, J.L. Santos, F.M. Araújo, and L.A. Ferreira
S0214_A0406 WHISPERING GALLERY MODES: DEVICE FABRICATION AND SENSING 75
APPLICATIONS. P. Caldas, P.A.S. Jorge, F. Araújo, L.A. Ferreira, G. Rego, and
J.L. Santos
S0215_A0429 ROBUST AND REAL-TIME MOTION CAPTURE OF RIGID BODIES BASED 77
ON STEREOSCOPIC VISION. Paulo Malheiros, Paulo Rosa Santos, António
Paulo Moreira, Paulo Costa, Fernando Veloso Gomes, and Francisco Taveira
Pinto
S0216_A0517 AN AUTOMATIC INSPECTION SYSTEM BASED ON SAFETY LIGHT 79
CURTAINS. Nuno Pinto, Joaquim Mendes, Teresa Restivo, Federico Murillo, and
Tiago Brandão
S0217_A0536 AN OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE VERTICAL DISPLACE- 81
MENT OF THE TRACK IN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS. Nuno Pinto, Cristina
Alves Ribeiro, Joaquim Mendes, and Rui Calçada
S0218_A0395 STRAIN CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBRE BRAGG GRATING 83
STRUCTURES WITH FUSED TAPERS. S.F.O. Silva, O. Frazão, J.L. Santos,
L.A. Ferreira, and F.M. Araújo
S0219_A0427 DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM TO EVALUATE 85
MACHINE PARAMETERS DURING HIGH-SPEED FILES PRODUCTION. E.
Seabra, and J. Machado
S0220_A0519 THE STRANGE LIGHTNESS OF BODIES THE EFFECT OF AIR 87
BUOYANCY ON MASS MEASUREMENT. Carlos Sousa
S0221_A0553 REMOTE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM TO 89
MONITOR HEART AND RESPIRATORY RATE FOR ARTIFICIAL
VENTILATION APPLICATIONS. C. Oliveira, S. Santos, F.O. Soares, and P.M.
Mendes
S0222_A0560 DEVELOPING A BULGE TESTER FOR SHEET METAL STRESS-STRAIN 91
DETERMINATION. Abel D. Santos, Joaquim G. Mendes, Fernando Gomes
Almeida, A. Barata da Rocha, and Mao S. Li
S0223_A0573 CREATING ENGAGING ONLINE COURSES. Susan M. Zvacek 93
S0224_A0320 AN INTERNET-BASED REMOTE SYSTEM FOR AIR QUALITY 95
MONITORING. Licínio M. Gando-Ferreira, Rui M. Bastos, José F. Granjo, Nuno
Oliveira, Lino O. Santos, and Maria G. Rasteiro
S0225_A0404 A REMOTE EXPERIENCE BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS AND 97
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A DC MOTOR CONTROL KIT.
F. Soares, V. Carvalho, and R.M. Vasconcelos
S0226_A0557 PORTUGUESE UNIVERSITIES SHARING REMOTE LABORATORIES. 99
Maria Teresa Restivo, and Manuel Gameiro Silva
S0227_A0558 VIRTUAL LABORATORIES FOR A COURSE ON INDOOR ENVIRONMEN- 101
TAL QUALITY. Manuel Gameiro Silva

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S0228_A0402 LABVIEW AND MATLAB FOR ECG ACQUISITION, FILTERING AND 103
PROCESSING. S. Correia, J. Miranda, L. Silva, and A. Barreto
S0229_A0426 TEACHING KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS OF MULTIBODY 105
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS USING THE OBJECT ORIENTED LANGUAGE
MODELICA. E. Seabra, and J. Machado
S0230_A0453 EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY EVALUATION OF THE DYNAMIC 107
BEHAVIOUR OF A ONE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEM. J. Delgado, J.
Marques, J. Mendes, T. Restivo, and R.Delgado
S0231_A0518 MATLAB BASED REMOTE CONTROL OF THERMO-OPTICAL PLANT. 109
Katarina Zakova
S0232_A0548 REMOTE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL SENSORS IN REAL TIME 111
MEASUREMENT – IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES. José A. C. Rocha e Silva,
Maria Inês Fontes Rocha, and Tiago José de Barros Fernandes
S0233_A0552 PROJECT-LED ENGINEERING EDUCATION: ASSESSMENT MODEL AND 113
ROUNDING ERRORS ANALYSIS. Francisco Moreira, Rui Sousa, Celina P.
Leão, Anabela Alves, and Rui Lima

CHAP. III NANOSCIENCE, NANOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY: 115

THE NEXT FRONTIERS

S0301_A0217 NONLINEAR ATOMISTIC-BASED CONTINUUM MODEL OF NANO- 117

REINFORCED POLYMERS. Jacob M. Wernik, and Shaker A. Meguid
S0302_A0245 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF UPCONVERTING NaYF4:Gd 119
NANOCRYSTALS. Wellington Iwamoto, Lino M. Holanda Jr., José M. Vargas,
Pascoal G. Pagliuso, Carlos Rettori, and Saul B. Oseroff
S0303_A0298 QUASICONTINUUM METHOD FOR 3D DISLOCATION ANALYSIS. 121
Wenzhe Shan, and Udo Nackenhorst
S0304_A0347 NANOSTRUCTURED ENAMEL COATINGS APPLIED TO LOW CARBON 123
STEEL SHEET: CHARACTERIZATION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES.
Luigi Rossetti
S0305_A0357 LOCAL RESIDUAL STRESSES AND THERMAL FATIGUE IN LASER- 125
PULSED CrN COATINGS ON STEEL CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH
TEMPERATURE SYNCHROTRON X-RAY DIFFRACTION. Christoph
Kirchlechnera, Klaus J. Martinschitza, Rostislav Danielb, Christian Mittererb, and
Jozef Keckes
S0306_A0403 A MULTISCALE FATIGUE LIFE MODEL FOR VARIABLE AMPLITUDE 127
MULTIAXIAL LOADING. Cécile Krebs, Habibou Maitournam, and André
Galtier
S0307_A0424 EFFECT OF NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF THE CARBON 129
NANOTUBES ON DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE MICRO-
ACTUATORS.Meisam Omidi, S. Alaie, and H. Rokni
S0308_A0447 CARBON NANOTUBE-NANOFIBRE EFFECT ON MICRO-SENSORS 131
PERFORMANCE. Meisam Omidi, and S.M.R Aghamiri
S0309_A0556 SOME ASPECTS OF MECHANICS OF NANOSTRUCTURES. Valeriy Lepov, 133
Ekatherina Arkhangelskaya, Boris Loginov, Kiounna Lepova, and Anastassia
Ivanova
S0310_A0565 RELIABILITY OF TUNABLE BST THIN FILM CAPACITORS. M.Zelner, 135
M.Capanu, T.Bernacki, A.Cervin-Lawry, and C. Divita
S0311_A0278 ALUMINIUM-BASE NANOCOMPOSITE OBTAINED BY MELT-SPINNING 137
TECHNIQUE. S. Valdez, S.R. Casolco, J.M. Gómez de Salazar, and L. Martínez

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S0312_A0279 Zn-Al FOAMS REINFORCED WITH GRAPHITE PARTICLES. S.R. Casolco, 139
A. Zanatta, J.M. Gómez de Salazar, and S. Valdez

CHAP. IV ADVANCES IN SMART MATERIALS AND ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES 141

S0401_A0367 AEROELASTIC OSCILLATIONS OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES WITH 143

BONDED PIEZOELECTRIC STRIPS. Dan Mateescu, Yong Han, and Arun
Misra
S0402_A0386 ANALYSIS, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF SPACECRAFT 145
ANTENNA REFLECTORS FOR PASSIVE DAMPING USING LEAD
ZIRCONATE TITANATE PIEZO POWDER COATINGS. B.S. Munjal, A.C.
Mathur, and S.B. Sharma
S0403_A0387 INVESTIGATION OF MLF FOR WITH PZT POWDER COATED 147
COMPOSITE LAMINATES USING ASTM STANDARDS. B.S. Munjal, A.C.
Mathur, and S.B. Sharma
S0404_A0400 DEFORMATION MODELING OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE DURING 149
THE PROCESSING OF A MULTIFUCTIONAL POLYMERIC MATERIAL. E.
Sulic, B. Pell, S. John, R. Gupta, W. Rowe, K. Ghorbani, K. Zhang, S.
Battacharya, and B. Hughes
S0405_A0445 PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTY IDENTIFICATION FOR THE DAMAGE 151
ASSESSMENT IN A SIMPLIFIED LAP JOINT. Dany Francoeur, Philippe
Micheau, and Patrice Masson
S0406_A0446 SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY APPLICATION FOR SHAPE MORPHING OF 153
AIRCRAFT. A.Y.N. Sofla , S. A. Meguid , K.T. Tan , and W.K. Yeo

CHAP. V STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION 155

S0501_A0234 STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION OF POWER TRANSFORMER TANK 157

COVERS. Fernando Batista, Hélder Mendes, and Emanuel Almeida
S0502_A0285 TECHNIQUES TO GENERATE AND OPTIMIZE THE LOAD SPECTRA FOR 159
AN AIRCRAFT. Krishna Lok Singh, and D. V. Venkatasubramanyam
S0503_A0305 OPTIMAL SHAPES IN MULTI-STAGE HOT FORGING PROCESSES. 161
Catarina F. Castro, Carlos C. António, and Luísa C. Sousa
S0504_A0332 ULTRASONIC VIBRATION – AN EFFICIENT TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE 163
THE PERFORMANCE OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS. H. Puga, E. Seabra, and J.
Barbosa
S0505_A0336 NONLINEAR STATIC ANALYSIS OF REDUCIBLE THIN-WALL ACTIVE 165
OPEN CROSS-SECTION BEAMS BASED ON GENERALIZED VLASOV
THEORY. J. Griffiths, F. Khouli, and F.F. Afagh
S0506_A0374 OPTIMIZATION OF BODIES WITH LOCALLY PERIODIC 167
MICROSTRUCTURE. Cristian Barbarosie, and Anca-Maria Toader
S0507_A0376 ADAPTIVE PROCEDURE FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF RESISTANCE 169
SPOT WELDS. Qamar Iqbal Bhatti, Morvan Ouisse, and Scott Cogan
S0508_A0413 HGA APPROACH FOR RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF 171
NON-LINEAR COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. Carlos Conceição António
S0509_A0412 UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION IN INVERSE RELIABILITY-BASED 173
DESIGN OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. Carlos Conceição António, and
Luísa N. Hoffbauer

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S0510_A0430 MODEL UPDATING WITH IMPROVED SUBSTRUCTURING METHOD. 175

Shun Weng, Yong Xia, and You-lin Xu
S0511_A0433 ON A PROPOSITION OF MULTI-AXIAL FATIGUE METHOD FOR 177
NOTCHED AND WELDED STRUCTURES. H. Maitournam, T.T.T Lê, L.
Augustins, and J.P. Puchois
S0512_A0539 OPTIMIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FORFAILURE 179
DETECTION. Diego Andina
S0513_A0570 CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS OF THE OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS FOR 181
THE DESIGN OF RECTANGULAR REINFORCED CONCRETE SECTIONS.
A.F. Melão Barros, C. Ferreira, and M.H. Barros

CHAP. VI INTEGRITY, RELIABILITY AND FAILURE OF GEARS AND 183

TRANSMISSIONS

S0601_A0216 INFLUENCE FACTORS ON GEARBOX POWERLOSS. Bernd-Robert Hoehn, 185

Klaus Michaelis, and Michael Hinterstoißer
S0602_A0222 INVESTIGATIONS ON CFD SIMULATION FOR PREDICTING WINDAGE 187
POWER LOSSES IN SPUR GEARS. Y. Marchesse, C. Changenet, F. Ville, and
P. Velex
S0603_A0464 INFLUENCE OF TOOTH PROFILE ON GEAR POWER LOSS. Luís 189
Magalhães, Ramiro Martins, Cristiano Locateli, and Jorge Seabra
S0604_A0440 DEVELOPMENT OF GEAR DRIVE-TRAINS BASED ON NEW MATERIALS 191
AND NOVEL GEAR SYSTEMS. Alessandro Bozzolo, and Donato Zangani
S0605_A0449 ROLLING-SLIDING, SCUFFING AND TRIBOCORROSION BEHAVIOUR OF 193
PVD MULTILAYER COATINGS FOR ROLLING BEARINGS APPLICATION.
J.C.Rodríguez, Amaya Igartua, Raquel Bayón, Xana Fernández, Roman
Nevshupa, R. Martínez, R. Rodríguez, A. de Frutos, and M.A. Arenas
S0606_A0578 SHOT PEENING APPLICATIONS IN THE GEARS AND TRANSMISSIONS 195
INDUSTRIES. Jean-Yves Thieuleux
S0607_A0223 REPLACEMENT MECHANISM FOR CRANES WIRE ROPES. A. Illana 197
Martos, L.M. Calvente Márquez, J.A. Carmona Torres, M. Vílchez Vílchez, and
M.A Tavío Díaz
S0608_A0299 CONFIGURATIONS TO INCREASE POWER DENSITY IN SPLIT TORQUE 199
GEARBOXES WITH IDLER PINIONS. Jose A. Vilán Vilán; Abraham Segade
Robleda; Marcos López Lago; and Angel M. Fernández Vilán
S0609_A0356 THEORETICAL ANALISYS FOR DISPERSION OF VALUES DUE TO 201
MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND ITS INFLUENCE IN THE WORKING
FOR GEARS INYECTED IN PLASTIC MATERIAL. Jesús Fuentelsaz Gallego,
Javier Castany Valeri, Francisco Serraller Sánchez, and Daniel Mercado
Barraqueta
S0610_A0228 THE ROLE OF PHYSICS-BASED MODELING IN IMPROVING ROTARY- 203
WING HEALTH MONITORING CAPABILITY. David B. Stringer, Pradip N.
Sheth (Deceased), and Paul E. Allaire
S0611_A0359 NEW APPROACH TO THE MAINTENANCE OF GEAR MOTORS AND 205
INDUSTRIAL GEARS. David Braga
S0612_A0251 SIMULATIONS OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VIBRATIONS AND 207
WEAR IN SPUR AND HELICAL GEARS. Thaer Osman, Philippe Velex, and
Fabrice Ville

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S0613_A0252 THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ABOUT FLANK 209

BREAKAGE IN BEVEL GEARS. Bernd-Robert Höhn, Klaus Michaelis, Rainer
Annast, and Markus Klein
S0614_A0465 EVOLUTION OF TOOTH FLANK ROUGHNESS DURING GEAR 211
MICROPITTING TESTS. Cristiano Locateli, Ramiro Martins, Jorge Seabra, and
Jorge Castro
S0615_A0215 PITTING LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY AT HIGH GEAR 213
TEMPERATURES. Bernd-Robert Höhn, Klaus Michaelis, and Hans-Philipp Otto
S0616_A0466 EXPERIMENTAL TRACTION AND STRIBECK CURVES OF MINERAL, 215
PAO AND ESTER BASED FULLY FORMULATED GEAR OILS.José A.
Brandão, Mathilde Meheux, Fabrice Ville, and Jorge H. O. Seabra

CHAP. VII VISUALIZATION AND HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION 217

REHABILITATION DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORTED ON 3D GEOMETRIC 219

S0701_A0202
MODELLING. Alcínia Z. Sampaio, João G. Neves, and Bruno Martins
INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL APPLICATION ON BUILDING MAINTENANCE: 221
S0702_A0211 THE LIGHTING COMPONENT. Alcínia Zita Sampaio, António A. Costa,
Miguel M. Ferreira, and Daniel P. Rosário
STATISTICAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GROWING NEMATIC PHASE 223
ACROSS THE ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC PHASE TRANSITION IN A MULTI-
S0703_A0243
COMPONENT LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURE. Sergei Bronnikov, Sergei
Kostromin, and Vyacheslav Zuev
SCALABLE INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF HIERARCHICAL 225
S0704_A0260
KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORIES. Wolfgang Kienreich, and Christin Seifert
LOW-LOSS IMAGE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR ARTIFICIAL 227
NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING: A STUDY IN CUTTING TOOL WEAR
S0705_A0319
IMAGES. Fabio Henrique Pereira, Elesandro Baptista, Ademir João de Oliveira,
and Nivaldo Lemos Coppini
CRITICAL INFORMATION SEARCH: DEVELOPMENT OF AN AIR 229
S0706_A0372 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIMULATOR. Hugo Sousa, and João Manuel R.S.
Tavares

CHAP. VIII COMPOSITE STRUCTURES 231

S0801_A0221 COMPRESSIVE RESIDUAL STRENGTH AFTER LOW VELOCITY IMPACT 233

IN CARBON-EPOXY LAMINATES. A.M. Amaro, A. Loureiro, and P.N.B. Reis
S0802_A0237 TRANSIENT ANALYSIS OF PLATES BY A MESHLESS METHOD. Carla 235
M.C. Roque, António J.M. Ferreira, Ana M.A. Neves, and R.M.N. Jorge
S0803_A0269 CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL: ASSOCIATION SELF 237
COMPACTING CONCRETE –METAL FIBRES. G. Benkechkeche, and H.
Houari
S0804_A0353 INTERFACIAL THERMAL STRESSES IN FIBER REINFORCED 239
COMPOSITES. Z.H. Zhu
S0805_A0479 EFFECT OF SHAPE AND ASPECT RATIO OF REINFORCEMENT ON 241
THERMOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF SHORT-FIBRE COMPOSITES. J. Pinho-
da-Cruz, J.A. Oliveira, H. Carriço, and F. Teixeira-Dias
S0806_A0542 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR OF 243
POLYMER ROLLS – PART I: INVESTIGATION OF THE GLOBAL STRESS –
STRAIN BEHAVIOUR. Michael Berer, and Zoltan Major

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CHAP. IX ADHESIVE JOINTS 245

S0901_A0207 TESTING GROUTED SLEEVE CONNECTIONS FOR PIPELINES REPAIRS. 247

K.H. Leong, S.H. Ramli, A.Y.L. Leong, Y.C. Tan, and R.M Johar
S0902_A0288 STRENGTH PREDICTION OF ADHESIVELY-BONDED REPAIRS ON 249
CARBON-EPOXY LAMINATES BY THE SINGLE AND DOUBLE-STRAP
TECHNIQUES. R.D.S.G. Campilho, M.F.S.F. de Moura, J.M.M. Rocha, J.J.L.
Morais, J.J.M.S. Domingues
S0903_A0297 STATIC AND FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR OF RTV SILICONE ADHESIVES FOR 251
HIGH TEMPERATURE AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS. Mariana D. Banea, and
Lucas F.M. da Silva
S0904_A0379 CERAMIC-METAL ADHESIVE JOINTS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE 253
AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS. E.A.S. Marques, and Lucas F.M. da Silva
S0905_A0384 EFFECT OF PLUG FILLING, TESTING VELOCITY AND TEMPERATURE 255
ON THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF SINGLE AND DOUBLE-STRAP
REPAIRS ON ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES. A.M.G. Pinto, R.D.S.G. Campilho,
I.R. Mendes, L.M.P. Durão, and A.P.M. Baptista
S0906_A0408 INFLUENCE OF THE THICKNESS AND COHESIVE ZONE LENGTH ON 257
SHEAR STRESSES AND TRANSVERSE DISPLACEMENT VARIATION OF
LAMINATED PLATES. K. Hadjazi, Z. Sereir, N. Boualem, and H.S. Houachine
S0907_A0450 DETERMINATION OF THE FAILURE ENVELOPES OF ADHESIVE 259
SYSTEMS UNDER MODE-MIXITY CONDITIONS. Filipe J.P. Chaves, L.F.M.
da Silva, M.F.S.F. de Moura, and D. Dillard

CHAP. X DAMAGE TOLERANCE AND FAILURE OF ADVANCED POLYMER- 261

MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIALS

S1001_A0213 A NEW DISCONTINUOUS FE MODEL FOR FIBRE-REINFORCED 263

BRITTLE MATERIALS. Roberto Brighenti, and Andrea Carpinteri
S1002_A0214 BUCKLING CRACK SENSITIVITY OF THIN PLATES UNDER TENSION 265
OR COMPRESSION. Roberto Brighenti, and Andrea Carpinteri
S1003_A0235 INTERFACE CRACKS/CORNERS IN ANISOTROPIC/PIEZOELECTRIC 267
MATERIALS. Chyanbin Hwu, and T.L. Kuo
S1004_A0321 CHARACTERISATION OF UNIDIRECTIONAL CARBON-EPOXY IM7 8552 269
IN LONGITUDINAL COMPRESSION UNDER HIGH STRAIN RATES.
Hannes Körber, and Pedro P. Camanho
S1005_A0452 DIRECTION OF CRACK INITIATION FROM AN ORTHOTROPIC BI- 271
MATERIAL NOTCH. Jan Klusak, Tomáš Profant, and Michal Kotoul

CHAP. XI VIBRATION AND STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICS ANALYSIS 273

S1101_A0212 OPERATIONAL MODAL ANALYSIS BY SHORT TIME 275

AUTOREGRESSIVE (STAR) MODELING. V.H. Vu, M. Thomas, A.A. Lakis,
and L. Marcouiller
S1102_A0233 THE VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF SIMPLY SUPPORTED FGM TRUNCATED 277
CONICAL SHELLS RESTING ON TWO-PARAMETER ELASTIC
FOUNDATIONS. Sofiyev Abdulla Heydar oglu, Schnack Eckart, and Korkmaz
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S1103_A0238 THERMAL EFFECT ON VIBRATION OF ORTHOTROPIC RECTANGULAR 279

PLATE WITH PARABOLIC THICKNESS VARIATIONS. A.K.Gupta, and
Subodh Kumar
S1104_A0241 VIBRATION ASSESSMENT OF A HOSPITAL WITH SENSETIVE IMAGING 281
AND OPERATION ROOMS. Daryoush Allaei, Dave Tarnowski, and Abi Assadi
S1105_A0244 SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION AND DETERMINATION OF A 283
REFRIGERATOR BY USING HALF-SPACE BOUNDARY ELEMENT
METHOD (BEM). Abdullah Seçgin, Sinan Ertunç, Bahadır Özütürk, Kadriye
Yıldırım, and A. Saide Sarıgül
S1106_A0246 VIBRATION AND ACOUSTICS OF HARPSICHORD SOUNDBOARDS 285
THROUGH EXPERIMETAL MODAL ANALYSES. Enrico Ravina, and Paolo
Silvestri
S1107_A0247 RESTORATION OF VIOLINS AIDED BY STRUCTURAL VIBRATION 287
ANALYSES. Enrico Ravina, Margherita Monti, and Pio Montanari
S1108_A0254 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PARTICLE DAMPER WITH GRANULAR 289
MATERIALS. Masanobu Inoue, Koju Hiraki, Isao Yokomichi, and Yoshito
Tanaka
S1109_A0257 EXPERIMENT STUDY AND DESIGN OF MOVABLE PARTITION WALL. 291
Jian Chen, Jian Wang, and Matthew Cassidy
S1110_A0258 “ROOM IN ROOM” STRUCTURE VIBRATION ISOLATION RESEARCH. 293
Yan Xiang, Zhang HaiLiang, Su HongBing, Qin YouQuo，and Xue XiaoYan
S1111_A0261 SIMULATED STUDIES IN FE MODEL UPDATING WITH APPLICATION 295
TO VIBRO- ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF THE CAVITIES. S.D. Dhandole, and
S.V. Modak
S1112_A0267 USING NON LINEAR TECHNICS TO NOISE ANALYSIS AND LOOSEN 297
PART MONITOR DIAGNOSTIC. Carlos J. Gavilán Moreno
S1113_A0281 STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICS INVESTIGATION OF A WOODEN FLOOR 299
JUNCTION. Delphine Bard
S1114_A0300 INSERTION LOSS MEASUREMENT WITH ONE SIZE HELMET. Sanaa 301
Mohamed Barakat, and Hoda S. Seddek
S1115_A0304 STRATEGIES FOR IDENTIFICATION OF REDUCED VIBRO-ACOUSTIC 303
MODELS FROM EXPERIMENTAL MODAL ANALYSIS. Morvan Ouisse, and
Emmanuel Foltête
S1116_A0310 ACTIVE CONTROL OF A FLEXIBLE BOOM FOR THE CONCRETE 305
PLACING: NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS. Gabriele
Cazzulani, Matteo Ferrari, Ferruccio Resta, and Francesco Ripamonti
S1117_A0311 ON THE ACTIVE CONTROL OF A TRUCK MOUNTED CONCRETE PUMP: 307
NUMERICAL MODEL AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTS. Christian Ghielmetti,
Hermes Giberti, and Ferruccio Resta
S1118_A0312 VIBRATIONS OF A TUNNEL IN LAYERD ORTHOTROPIC MEDIA – A 309
BEM APPROACH FOR PARALLEL COMPUTATION. Georg Rieckh,
Wolfgang Kreuzer, and Holger Waubke
S1119_A0315 PERIODIC SOLUTIONS OF SOME NONLINEAR JERK EQUATIONS. J.I. 311
Ramos, and C.M. García López
S1120_A0335 STRUCTURAL VIBRATION CONTROL WITH HYBRID VIBRATION 313
ABSORBERS. Man Ho Tso, Jing Yuan, and Wai On Wong
S1121_A0340 MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PICEA ABIES FOR THE 315
CONSTRUCTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THROUGH
EXPERIMENTAL MODAL ANALYSIS. Marco Antonio Pérez, and Paul Poletti

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S1122_A0341 VIBRATION BASED STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING IN FIBRE 317

REINFORCED COMPOSITES EMPLOYING THE MODAL STRAIN ENERGY
METHOD. Richard Loendersloot, Ted Ooijevaar, Laurent Warnet, and André de
Boer
S1123_A0342 THE EFFECT OF EXCITATION FREQUENCIES ON STICK-SLIP 319
AMPLITUDE. Jamil Abdo, Mahmoud Tahat, and Ahmed Abouelsoud
S1124_A0343 AMPLITUDE ESTIMATION OF SLIP-STICK VIBRATION. Ahmed 321
Abouelsoud, and Jamil Abdo
S1125_A0368 VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF BRIDGES STRUCTURES UNDER THE 323
INFLUENCE OF MOVING LOADS. M .Ouchenane, R. Lassoued, and K.
Ouchenane
S1126_A0370 ANALYSIS OF A VIBRATION ISOLATION SYSTEM FOR A CIRCULATION 325
PUMP. C. B.(Carl) Nel
S1127_A0388 STATISTICAL ENERGY ANALYSIS OF A FLEXIBLE COUPLING 327
MECHANISM. Richard Bachoo, and Jacqueline Bridge
S1128_A0399 VIBRATORY AND ACOUSTICAL COMPARISONS ON A BAROQUE AND 329
MODERN MOUNTED VIOLIN. Enrico Ravina, and Federico Lowenberger
S1129_A0414 RESEARCH ON METHODS FOR THE EIGEN-SOLUTION OF SERPENTINE 331
BELT DRIVE SYSTEMS. Xiang-wu Wang, Jianghua Gao, and Zhi-chao Hou
S1130_A0415 QUASI-STATIC STRESS-STRAIN RELATION OF POLYURETHANE 333
FOAMS IN TERMS OF FRACTIONAL CALCULUS. Zhi-chao Hou, Pei Zhao,
and Han-kee Zhang
S1131_A0421 AN APPLICATION OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS IN ACOUSTICAL 335
DAMPING WITH A MIMO CONTROL SYSTEM. George Whitaker, and Steven
Skinner
S1132_A0423 SIMPLE ACOUSTIC-STRUCTURE COUPLED EAR MODEL. Leonardo 337
Molisani, Daniel Carmona, and Ricardo Burdisso
S1133_A0425 ASYMPTOTIC EXPRESSIONS OF FLUID LOADING OF AN INFINITE 339
CYLINDRICAL SHELL WITH AXIALLY PERIODIC INTERVALS. Yin
Xue_wen
S1134_A0438 BEAMS AND PLATES VIBROACOUSTIC ENERGY DIFFUSION 341
OPTIMIZATION BY MEAN OF DISTRIBUTED SHUNTED PIEZOELECTRIC
PATCHES. M. Collet, M. Ouisse, K.A. Cunefare, M. Ruzzene, B. Beck, L. Dozio,
and F. Casadei
S1135_A0439 VIBRATION CONTROL OF LAMINATED PLATE BY SMART PATCHES. 343
Alev Kaçar, and Metin O. Kaya
S1136_A0443 INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE SPACE BETWEEN TWO 345
PANTOGRAPHS ON THE DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF PANTOGRAPH
AND CATENARY SYSTEM. Ning Zhou, LI Ruiping, and Weihua Zhang
S1137_A0444 EXPERIMENTAL FORECASTING OF TRAIN VIBRATIONS IN TUNNELS 347
WITH THE VIBROSCAN.at METHOD. Peter Steinhauser, and Wolfgang
Steinhauser
S1138_A0451 NUMERICAL STUDY FOR TURBLENT FLOW OF DRAG AND FLOW 349
NOISE WITH WAVY WALL. Huaixin Zhang, Yonglin ShI, and Kunyu Men
S1139_A0457 CONTROLLING BEAM VIBRATIONS VIA PIEZOELECTRIC PATCHES. 351
Hafize Ebru Sevgi, and Metin O. Kaya
S1140_A0458 WIND TUNNEL TESTING OF A TUBE IN A BUNDLE SUBJECTED TO 353
CROSSFLOW INDUCED VIBRATIONS. M. Afzaal Malik, Sajid Bashir, Qamar
Iqbal, Muddasar Khan, and Shahab Khushnood

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S1141_A0460 FREE VIBRATION OF AN ANISOTROPIC THIN-WALLED BOX BEAM 355

UNDER BENDING-TORSION COUPLING. Seher Durmaz, and Metin Orhan
Kaya
S1142_A0463 THE DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PLATES USING A RADIAL 357
INTERPOLATION MESHLESS METHOD WITH A SHELL-LIKE
FORMULATION. L.M.J.S. Dinis, R.M. Natal Jorge, and J. Belinha
S1143_A0480 EFFECTIVE IMPEDANCE LAW FOR ACOUSTIC FLUID FLOW THROUGH 359
SMALL HOLES. Alfredo Bermúdez, José Luis Ferrín, and Andrés Prieto
S1144_A0482 FEM SIMULATION OF SOUND DIFFRACTION AND SCATTERING IN THE 361
STAIRCASE IN THE PYRAMID OF CHICHEN ITZA. Jorge Cruz
S1145_A0506 DYNAMIC STUDY OF A COMPOSITE PLATE WITH DELAMINATION. 363
Israr Ullah, and Jyoti K. Sinha
S1146_A0507 IMPROVEMENT IN MEASURED SIGNALS OF MEMS ACCELEROMETER. 365
Abdellatef E. Badri, Jyoti K. Sinha, and Alhussein Albarbar
S1147_A0508 FREQUENT AND PREMATURE FAILURE OF ANTI-FRICTION BEARINGS: 367
DIAGNOSIS APPROACH?. Jyoti K. Sinha
S1148_A0510 STRUCTURAL VIBROACUSTIC ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY. WIND 369
TUNNEL CASE STUDY. Filipe Cunha, Mihail Fontul, António Ribeiro, and
Alice Sousa
S1149_A0512 FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF VISCOELASTIC STRUCTURES AND 371
MEDIA WITH VOIDS BY PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES. Michele Brigante,
Andrey Nasedkin, and Mezhlum Sumbatyan
S1150_A0513 ULTRASONIC RESIDUAL STRESS MEASUREMENT IN AA7075-T6 FSW 373
WELDED PLATE. S. Gachi, F. Boubenider, F. Belahcene, and A. Boucherit
S1151_A0514 THE SURVEY OF ON-LINE MONITORING AND CONTROLLING OF 375
CUTTING CHATTER. Zhang Yongliang, and Zhou Yuan
S1152_A0515 AN AERO-ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION METHOD OF 377
AXIAL FLOW FAN. Chan Lee, and Hyun Gwon Kil
S1153_A0516 WAVE VECTOR REPRESENTATION OF VIBRATION OF A 379
CYLINDRICAL SHELL. Hyun Gwon Kil, and Chan Lee
S1154_A0521 MODELING THE EFFECT OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATION IN 381
CONTROLLING STRUCTURAL FLUTTER. M. Hariri, S. John, and P. Trivailo
S1155_A0524 VIBRATION BASED ANALYSIS OF AN INCREASING DELAMINATION IN 383
A CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITE STRUCTURE. K. Oruganti, M. Mehdizadeh,
S. John , M. Bannister, and I. Herszberg
S1156_A0543 NOISE REDUCTION OF CIRCULAR SAW BLADES THROUGH 385
VISCOELASTIC DAMPING LAYERS. C.M.A. Vasques, E.A. Ribeiro, A.
Kokot, and J. Dias Rodrigues
S1157_A0544 STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICS CONTROL OF RAILWAY WHEELS 387
THROUGH VISCOELASTIC DAMPING LAYERS. C.M.A. Vasques, A. Kokot,
E.A. Ribeiro, and J. Dias Rodrigues
S1158_A0546 THREE DIMENSIONAL FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF CROSS-PLY 389
LAMINATED PLATES THROUGH 2D AND EXACT MODELS. Arcangelo
Messina
S1159_A0547 VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF ROTOR-BEARING SYSTEM FOR BALL END 391
MILLING. Jer-Rong Chang, Ting-Nung Shiau, and Kuan-Hung Chen
S1160_A0549 A PARAMETRIC STUDY OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN METAL TUBES 393
SUBJECTED TO SINGLE AND DOUBLE STEP SWAGE AUTOFRETTAGED.
Muddasar Khan, Shahab Khushnood, Afzaal Malik, and Musarrat Khan

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S1161_A0551 ANALYSIS OF VIBRATORY STRESSES IN A TURBINE BLADE USING 395

SURFACE COATING. Afzaal M. Malik, Sabeeh H. Raza, Muddassar Khan, and
Shahab Khushnood
S1162_A0572 SOLUTION ALGORITHM FOR A CUBIC NONLINEAR VIBRATION 397
MODEL: PRINCIPAL PARAMETRIC RESONANCE ANALYSIS OF PIPES
CONVEYING FLUID. B.Burak Ozhan, and Mehmet Pakdemirli
S1163_A0437 VIBRATION AND NOISE IN CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS - SOURCES AND 399
DIAGNOSIS METHODS. Ravindra Birajdar, Rajashri Patil, and Kedar
Khanzode
S1164_A0529 APPLICATION OF THE REASSIGNMENT SPECTROGRAM ON AN 401
ACOUSTIC SIGNALS BACKSCATTERED BY AN AIR FILLED TUBE
IMMERSED IN WATER. Mostafa Laaboubi, El. Houcein Aassif, Rachid Latif,
Gérad Maze, and Ali Moudden

CHAP. XII PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 403

S1201_A0209 DESIGN AGAINST FAILURE WITH TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY. António 405

L.M. Mendes , Jorge M.M. Barata, and Maekele Gebrekidan
S1202_A0263 TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR NAVAL 407
GAS TURBINES. João Matos, Rui F. Martins, and C. Moura Branco
S1203_A0264 INFLUENCE OF PRODUCTION DEFECTS IN THE STRUCTURAL 409
RESISTANCE OF REINFORCED PANELS IN ALUMINIUM CRAFTS. João
Matos, Paulo Silva, Rui F. Martins, and A.R. Mateus
S1204_A0266 SELECTION OF MATERIALS UNDER AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTS: 411
THE VIKOR METHOD. José Ramón San Cristóbal, M. Victoria Biezma, Ruth
Martínez, and Ramón Somoza
S1205_A0273 PREDISPOSITIONS TO FAILURE OF POLYURETHANE SEALINGS – 413
RELATION BETWEEN MORPHOLOGY AND VISCO – ELASTIC
PROPERTIES. Achim Frick, and Marzena Mikoszek
S1206_A0289 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PULL LEVELLING PROJECT IN A CAR 415
RADIO ASSEMBLY FIRM. Celina Afonso, and Anabela Alves
S1207_A0290 DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF RESONANT MECHANSISMS FOR WING 417
ACTUATION IN FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLES. Caspar T.
Bolsman, Hans F.L. Goosen, and Fred van Keulen
S1208_A0344 MEMORY CONTAINERS. Suresh Sethi 419
S1209_A0487 DESIGN STANDARD OF TACTILE GUIDE PATHS IN CHINA: POLICY, 421
IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT. Kin Wai Michael Siu, Jiangyan
Lu, and Ping Xu
S1210_A0489 THE ECO-DESIGN IN MANUFACTURING BASED SMEs: A NEW 423
METHODOLOGY APROACH. Pedro Teixeira, Elsa Henriques, and António
Pontes
S1211_A0490 FORMULATING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BASED ON TECHNICAL 425
PARAMETERS OF THE PRODUCT PROJECT BY MEANS OF QFD. J. Amaro
dos Santos
S1212_A0491 UML, A TOOL IN THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ANALYSIS MODELING 427
METHODOLOGIES. Sharareh Teimouri

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S1213_A0493 CREATIVITY TEMPLATES IN ENGINEERING DESIGN. José Gaspar, Bruno 429

Soares, and Arlindo Silva
S1214_A0494 AN APPROACH TO ANALYZE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES. Rui Carreira, 431
Lia Patrício, Renato Natal, António Torres Marques, and Chris Magee
S1215_A0495 THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL 433
SUSTAINABILITY AND DESIGN MANAGEMENT IN THE APPLIANCE
COMPANY WHIRLPOOL S/A. Jucelia S. G. Silva, and J. Amaro dos Santos
S1216_A0496 STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION OF A SEMI-TRAILER BASED ON 435
PERFORMANCE AND INDUSTRIAL COST. David Martins, João Cardoso, and
António Mourão
S1217_A0498 TRANSITIVE CULTURE: HOW ‘GLOBAL’ PRODUCT DESIGN IS 437
CHANGING USER BEHAVIOR. Peer M Sathikh, and A.Senthil Kumar
S1218_A0576 AN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF 439
ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ADVANCE MANUFACTURING UNDER THE
MIT – PORTUGAL PROGRAMME. António M. Cunha, António Torres
Marques, José M. Mendonça, Manuel Freitas, Francisco Pires, Chris Magee, Joel
Clark, and Jeremy Gregory
S1219_A0499 HOW CREATIVITY LEADS TO INNOVATION: AN INDUSTRIAL CASE 441
STUDY. Pedro Marques, Elsa Henriques, and António Gabriel
S1220_A0500 MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES IN THE EARLY STAGES OF 443
PRODUCT DESIGN: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY. Marco Leite, Arlindo Silva, and Elsa Henriques
S1221_A0527 EXCEEDING PROBLEM SOLVING EXPECTATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL 445
DESIGN UNDER SEVERELY RESTRICTED SPECIFICATIONS. Ricardo
Simões, and Alvaro M. Sampaio
S1222_A0538 DESIGN FAILURE, SAFETY AND FORM. Len D. Singer 447

CHAP. XIII CERAMIC MATERIALS 449

S1401_A0220 PURIFICATION OF SILICON FOR TERRESTRIAL SOLAR CELL BY ZONE 451

MELTING USING METALLURGICAL SILICON. Simone de Paula Moreira,
Andresa Deoclidia Soares Côrtes, Francisco das Chagas Marques, and Paulo
Roberto Mei
S1402_A0232 TRANSFORMATIONS AND MECHANICAL INSTABILITY BEHAVIOR IN 453
ZIRCONIA-BASED POROUS CERAMIC. Sergey Kulkov, and Svetlana
Buyakova
S1403_A0350 ENHANCING THE FIRED BENDING STRENGTH OF STONEWARE FLOOR 455
TILES THROUGH MIXTURE DESIGN. Sivaldo L. Correia, Helena P.
Nierwinski, Dachamir Hotza, and Ana M. Segadães
S1404_A0454 HIGH-RELIABLE ENVIRONMENT SENSORS BASED ON SPINEL 457
CERAMICS IN THICK-FILM PERFORMANCE. Ivan Hadzaman, Halyna Klym,
Oleh Shpotyuk, Michael Brunner, and Valentina Balitska
S1405_A0484 MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SHELLS FOR CASTING TITANIUM 459
COMPONENTS. Teresa P. Duarte, Rui J. L. Neto, Rui Félix, F. Jorge Lino, Bruno
Rodrigues, and Tarsis Barbosa
S1406_A0520 PERFORMANCES OF THE MORTARS WITH FLY ASH AND THE 461
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CHAP. XIV COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM DYNAMICS 463

S1501_A0206 A IMPROVED SERIES EXPANSION METHOD OF FREQUENCY 465

RESPONSE FUNCTION UNDER MEDIUM AND HIGH FREQUENCY
EXCITATIONS. Wei Ning, Jing-Hui Zhang, and Jun Wang
S1502_A0242 APPLICATION OF TIME-FREQUENCY METHOD IN FAULT DIAGONSIS 467
OF ROTATING MACHINERY. A.A. Lakis, and M.H. Toorani
S1503_A0286 THEORETICAL APPROACH FOR DETERMINATION OF NORMAL MODES 469
OF VIBRATING MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WITH DISCONTINUOUS
PROPERTIES. Alexander I. Fedorchenko, Ivo Stachiv, and An-Bang Wang
S1504_A0330 IDENTIFICATION OF THE CRANKSHAFT TORSIONAL PROPERTIES OF A 471
LARGE DIESEL ENGINE FROM A SINGLE POINT MEASUREMENT OF
ANGULAR SPEED. M. Desbazeille, and R.B. Randall
S1505_A0351 COMPARING DYNAMIC STRESS IN THE SOIL BY IMPACT LOAD AND 473
BOUSSINESQ METHOD. Mansour Parvizi, and Yaghoub Zolfagharifar
S1506_A0352 RELIABILITY ANALYSIS FOR SEISMIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT 475
OF CONCRETE REINFORCED BUILDINGS. A. El Ghoulbzouri, A. Khamlichi,
M. Bezzazi, T. Mourabit, and F. López-Almansa
S1507_A0360 NUMERIC-EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT IN PANELS OF 477
ALUMINIUM. Elza Marisa P. de F. Chagas, Denilson Laudares Rodrigues,
Ernani Sales Palma, and João Manuel R.S. Tavares
S1508_A0481 METHODS OF ANALYSING IMPROVEMENT IN SOIL SUBJECTED TO 479
DYNAMIC LOAD. Mansour Parvizi, and Yaghoub Zolfagharifar
S1509_A0485 TURBINE BLADE DYNAMIC PARAMETERS IDENTIFICATION: METHOD 481
VERIFICATION. Sadegh Rahrovani, and Sadegh Sarvi
S1510_A0339 SEMI-ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL OF A WASHING MACHINE USING 483
MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL DAMPERS. A.K. Ghorbani-Tanha, H. Salahshoor,
and S. Mohammadzadeh
S1511_A0419 VIBRATION CONTROL OF A DYNAMIC ROTARY SYSTEM USING 485
SUPERELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS. A.K.
Ghorbani-Tanha, S.A. Nojumi, and H.Salahshoor

CHAP. XV NEW TRENDS IN SAFETY ENGINEERING 487

S1701_A0314 RELIABILITY ANALYSIS FOR AERO-ENGINE TURBINE DISKS WITH 489

CRACK. Hongqin Yang, Rui Bao, Lei Peng, Jianyu Zhang, and Binjun Fei
S1702_A0322 ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE OVERLOAD EFFECT ON CRACK 491
PROPAGATION BY USING THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD. Achgaf
Zineb, Khamlichi Abdellatif, and El Bakkali Larbi
S1703_A0323 ANALYSIS OF THERMO MECHANICAL FATIGUE PHENOMENON. 493
Acheqra Maria , El Bakkali Larbi, and Khamlichi Abdellatif
S1704_A0346 RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF COMPRESSED CYLINDRICAL SHELLS 495
WITH INTERACTING LOCALIZED DEFECTS. Jalal El bahaoui, Larbi El
bakkali, Abdellatif Khamlichi, and Ali Limam
S1705_A0431 CRITICAL STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS IN STEEL CRACKED WIRES. 497
Jesús Toribio, Javier Ayaso, Beatriz González, Juan-Carlos Matos, and Diego
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S1706_A0432 PLASTICITY-INDUCED FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH IN HIGH-STRENGTH 499

STEELS: NUMERICAL MODELLING AND EXPERIMENTAL
VALIDATION. Jesus Toribio, V. Kharin, F.J. Ayaso, B. González, J.C. Matos, D.
Vergara, and M. Lorenzo
S1707_A0531 PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT 501
BASED ON PLANT LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING. Yukiyasu Shimada, Teiji
Kitajima, and Kazuhiro Takeda
S1708_A0537 SAFETY CONTROL DESIGN FRAMEWORK. Hossam A.Gabbar 503
S1709_A0545 RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN OF NOVEL OFFSHORE STRUCTURES. 505
Athanasios Kolios, and Feargal Brennan

CHAP. XVI SELF-SENSING, SELF-HEALING, SELF-POWERING AND 507

MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

S1801_A0239 SHM OF CFRP-STRUCTURES WITH IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY AND 509

LAMB WAVES. Jürgen Pohl, and Gerhard Mook
S1802_A0272 DOMAIN WALL DYNAMICS IN FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS. Yu Su 511
S1803_A0292 NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM USED TO DETECT FAULTS AND 513
AUTOMATICALLY DIAGNOSE IN CONDITION-BASED MONITORING
USING VIBRATION. Adyles Arato Junior, and Fabrício César Lobato de
Almeida
S1804_A0313 ON THE KINETICS OF SELF-HEALING POLYMERS. T.C. Mauldin, and M.R. 515
Kessler
S1805_A0383 ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE METHOD FOR SELF-SENSING DAMAGE IN 517
CARBON FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES UNDER FATIGUE LOAD. Y.
Ngabonziza, C. Boldrini, J. Li, B.M. Liaw, F. Delale, and J.H. Chung

CHAP. XVII COMPUTER SIMULATION IN BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 519

S1901_A0225 FINITE ELEMENT DETERMINATION OF FACTORS LEADING TO 521

PERIPROSTHETIC INTRAOPERATIVE FEMUR FRACTURE. Taylor G.
Martin, Shaker A. Meguid, Cari M. Whyne, and Omri Lubovski
S1902_A0301 CONSTITUTIVE MODEL OF DEFORMATION-INDUCED DEGRADATION 523
OF POLYMERS FOR APPLICATION IN BIODEGRADABLE STENT
DESIGN. João S. Soares, James E. Moore Jr., and Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal
S1903_A0303 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF MICROCRACK LOCALISATION AND 525
PROPAGATION INSIDE CORTICAL BONE TISSUE. Dieter Kardas, and Udo
Nackenhorst
S1904_A0345 HUMAN FEMUR ASSESSMENT USING ISOTROPIC AND ORTHOTROPIC 527
MATERIALS DEPENDENT OF BONE DENSITY. E.M.M. Fonseca, M.J. Lima,
and L.M.S. Barreira
S1905_A0377 NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF BLOOD FLOW IN A STENOTIC ARTERY. 529
Luisa C. Sousa, Catarina F. Castro, and Carlos C. António

CHAP. XVIII STRUCTURAL SAFETY 531

S2001_A0302 ASSESSMENT OF THE THERMAL RESPONSE OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS 533

UNDER NATURAL FIRES USING CFD AND FEM ANALYSIS. Jorge Capote,
Daniel Alvear, Mariano Lázaro, and Jorge Crespo

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S2002_A0385 FIRE DAMAGED R.C. COLUMNS REPAIRED WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE 535
FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE JACKET. Angelo Leonardi, Alberto Meda,
and Zila Rinaldi
S2003_A0471 EFFICIENCY EVALUATION OF INTUMESCENT COATINGS USED FOR 537
FIRE PROTECTION: COMPARISON BETWEEN NUMERICAL METHOD
AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS. Luís M.R. Mesquita, Paulo A.G. Piloto, and
Mário A.P. Vaz
S2004_A0472 INELASTIC BEHAVIOUR OF PARTIALLY ENCASED SECTIONS - 539
NUMERICAL COMPARISON. P.A.G. Piloto, Ana Ramos Gavilán, L.M.R.
Mesquita, and Alberto Meda
S2005_A0562 ROBUSTNESS STUDY OF TOP-HAT SECTIONS OF HIGH STRENGTH 541
STEEL SUBJECTED TO AXIAL CRUSHING. Ø. Fyllingen, O.S. Hopperstad,
and M. Langseth
S2006_A0316 CONTRIBUTION OF EXOGENOUS SUBSTANCES TO ALTERATION OF 543
STONE SURFACES IN METROPOLITAN STATIONS. Carlos Alves, Carlos
Figueiredo, António Maurício, Paula Figueiredo, and Luís Aires-Barros
S2007_A0317 AESTHETIC FAILURE OF LIMESTONES UNDER SALT 545
CRYSTALLISATION TESTS. Carlos Alves, Carlos Figueiredo, Maria Amália
Sequeira Braga, António Maurício, and Luís Aires-Barros
S2008_A0326 EROSION OF CARBONATE ROCKS UNDER WATER-FLOWING 547
(FOUNTAIN) CONDITIONS. Carlos Alves
S2009_A0327 WIDESPREAD OCCURENCE OF WHITE COATINGS IN RECENT 549
BUILDINGS. Carlos Alves
S2010_A0328 THE EFFECT OF ACCELERATED CORROSION EXPOSURE ON THE 551
FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF THE AIRCRAFT ALUMINUM ALLOY 2024.
Nikolaos D. Alexopoulos
S2011_A0363 NUMERICAL MODELLING OF FATIGUE CRACK SHAPE EVOLUTION IN 553
SHAFTS UNDER TENSION AND BENDING. R. Branco, F. V. Antunes, and J.
Barbosa
S2012_A0364 INFLUENCE OF ELASTIC CONSTANTS ON CRACK SHAPE EVOLUTION 555
IN AXLES. R. Branco, F. V. Antunes, and J. D. Costa
S2013_A0435 INFLUENCE OF CASTING DEFECTS ON THE FATIGUE LIMIT OF A 557
STEEL CAST RAILWAY COMPONENT. Teresa Morgado, A. Sousa e Brito,
and C. Moura Branco
S2014_A0436 COMPARISON OF FATIGUE LIFE EXTENSION RESULTS IN RAILWAY 559
COUPLINGS OF CAST STEEL ASTM 148 90-60 USED IN FREIGHT
TRAINS. Teresa Morgado, Carlos Moura Branco, and Virginia Infante
S2015_A0550 MEASUREMENT OF THE DYNAMIC FRACTURE TOUGHNESS WITH 561
NOTCHED BRITTLE SPECIMEN UNDER IMPACT LOADING. S. Sahraoui,
A. El Mahi, and B. Castagnède

CHAP. XIX NOVEL ENERGETIC SYSTEMS: CHALLENGES AND 563

OPPORTUNITIES

S2101_A0208 ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY. David M. Kennedy 565

S2102_A0365 TRANSIENT THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF INSULATED AND NON 567
INSULATED M3165 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IN SHELL ECO-
MARATHON PROTOTYPE VEHICLE. Pedro Carvalheira
S2103_A0366 DESIGN OF ENGINE PISTON OF M300 ENGINE. Pedro Carvalheira 569

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S2104_A0371 SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF PLASTIC WASTE FILM SHREDE. 571

Osami Sugawa, Taketomo Sato, and Kyoko Kamiya
S2105_A0407 STUDY REGARDYNG THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 573
FACTORS AND QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF THERMAL
IRREGULARITIES IN AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS ENVELOPES. Ioana
Tanasescu
S2106_A0478 STACK PARAMETRS EFFECT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF 575
THERMOACOUSTIC HEAT ENGINE. Ehab Abdel Rahman, Nadim M. Arafa,
and Mostafa A. Nouh
S2107_A0567 DIFFERENT SIMULATION TOOLS FOR THE EVALUATION OF AIR 577
TEMPERATURE FIELDS INSIDE REFRIGERATION SPACES. Carlos C.
António, and Clito F. Afonso
S2108_A0569 THE INFLUENCE OF THE MAGNETIC SEALS CONSERVATION ON THE 579
ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS. Clito Afonso
S2109_A0574 NOVEL SYSTEMS IN BUILDING AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. Clito 581
Afonso
S2110_A0575 USE OF SOLAR ENERGY ON URBAN AREAS. João Monteiro, Clito Afonso, 583
and António Joyce

CHAP. XX MEDICAL DEVICES AND BIOMECHANICS 585

S2201_A0282 COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES OF MEDICAL DEVICES FOR THE 587

CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION. Paula C. Fernandes, João Folgado, and Paulo R.
Fernandes
S2202_A0294 A MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF POLYPROPYLENE PROSTHESES USED 589
IN PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR. Pedro Martins, José Afonso, Renato Jorge,
António Ferreira, M. Girão, Teresa Mascarenhas, António Fernandes, J.
Bernardes, E. Bacarat, G.Rodrigues de Lima, and Belmiro Patricio
S2203_A0295 DAMAGE INITIATION AND PROPAGATION UNTIL FAILURE OF 591
CEMENTED HIP IMPLANTS. Cláudia Nabais, Rui M. Guedes, and José A.O.
Simões
S2204_A0361 STUDY OF DIFFERENT STAPES PROTHESIS BEHAVIOUR. Fernanda 593
Gentil, Carolina Garbe, Marco P.L. Parente, Pedro A.L.S. Martins, and Renato M.
N. Jorge
S2205_A0559 THE USE OF FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TO IMPROVE THE STUDIES 595
RELIABILITY OF MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF ORTHODONTIC WIRES.
Nuno Ferreira Rilo, Edson Antonio Ferreira, Carlos Alberto Cimini Junior, and
Estevam Barbosa de Las Casas

CHAP. XXI INNOVATIVE AND EMERGING PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES 597

S2401_A0561 FRICTION STIR WELDING OF ALUMINIUM TAILORED BLANKS 599

PROCESSED BY SINGLE POINT INCREMENTAL FORMING. M.B. Silva, M.
Skjoedt, P. Vilaça, N. Bay, and P.A.F. Martins
S2402_A0394 FRICTION STIR WELDING & LASER SHOCK PROCESSING 601
EFFECTIVENESS ON MODIFYING ALUMINIUM ALLOYS PROPERTIES.
Mihaela Iordachescu, Danut Iordachescu, José Luis Ocana, Pedro Vilaca, Juan
Poro, and Catarina Vidal

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S2403_A0409 EVALUATION OF THE LASER SUPERFICIAL HARDENING (LSH) IN 603

GRAY CAST IRON USED IN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. Waldemar A.
Monteiro, Edmara M.R. Silva, and Wagner Rossi
S2404_A0428 NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF POST WELD MECHANICAL STRESS 605
RELAXATION IN THIN-WALLED CYLINDERS. Ejaz M. Qureshi, Afzaal M.
Malik, and Naeem Ullah Dar
S2405_A0541 NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF SHOT-PEENING 607
PROCESS PARAMETERS ON TREATED MATERIAL. G.I. Mylonas, and G.N.
Labeas
S2406_A0434 SOME ASPECTS OF THE TITANIUM ALLOYS DRILLING. Carlos Cesar de 609
Castro Deonisio, Rosangela Arabela Nunes Lopes, and Olívio Novaski
S2407_A0393 OPERATIONAL WINDOWS FOR MIAB WELDING -THICK-WALLED 611
TUBES LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIZATION CASE. Danut Iordachescu,
Mihaela Iordachescu, Bogdan Georgescu, Rosa M. Miranda, José Luis Ocana, and
Manuel Blasco
S2408_A0369 HEAT TREATMENT EFFECT ON FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH. Benachour 613
Mustapha, Hadjoui Abdelhamid, and Benguediab Mohamed
S2409_A0203 SIMULATION OF ALUMINUM EXTRUSION BY HYPERXTRUDE. Hubert 615
W. Klein, Dirk Brune, and Horst Gers
S2410_A0422 FRACTURE TOUGHNESS ASSESSMENT IN DUPLEX STAINLESS STEELS. 617
Farej Ahmed Emhmmed, and El Fituori Khalifa Ahmied
S2411_A0348 NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON EFFECTS OF DIE 619
PROFILE, FRICTION COEFFICIENT AND LENGTH OF BILLET ON THE
REQUIRED LOAD IN ROD FORWARD EXTRUSION. Faramarz Fereshteh-
Saniee, Marita Karimi, and Mohsen Sabzalipor
S2412_A0249 CREEP-FATIGUE LIFE EVULUATION FOR THREE KINDS OF SOLDERS. 621
Shengde Zhang, and Masao Sakane
S2413_A0224 CREEP DAMAGE MODELLING OF WELDS WITH HETEROGENEOUS 623
STRUCTURES. Thomas Hyde, and Wei Sun
S2414_A0226 ACTIVATION ENERGY FOR BORONIZING OF DUPLEX STAINLESS 625
STEEL (DSS) BY SUPERPLASTIC COMPRESSION APPROACH. Nur hafizah
Abd Aziz, Iswadi Jauhari, and Hanis Ayuni Mohd Yusof
S2415_A0204 THE ABRASIVE AND EROSIVE WEAR RESISTANCE OF CERMETAL 627
DEPOSITS. Andrzej Klimpel, Agnieszka Rzeźnikiewicz, and Tomasz Kik
S2416_A0283 DEVELOPING DUCTILITY AND RESISTANCE TO INTERGRANULAR 629
CORROSION FOR ALUMINUM CASTING ALLOY B206. Madhavan
Manivannan, Derek O. Northwood, and Jerry H. Sokolowski

CHAP. XXII RELIABILITY, QUALITY CONTROL, INSPECTION AND 631

MAINTENANCE POLICIES

S2501_A0271 DATA REDUCTION IN QUALITY INSPECTION OF GEOMETRIC SHAPES. 633

Ester Gutiérrez, Bianca M. Colosimo, Quirico Semeraro, and Luis Onieva
S2502_A0284 QUESTIONNAIRES RELIABILITY AND SCALE PURIFICATION: AN 635
EXPERIMENT WITH THE CRONBACH ALPHA. Henrique Rego Monteiro da
Hora, José Arica, and James Daniel Correia de Freitas
S2503_A0331 ASSESSING THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN INFORMATION FIDELITY AND 637
TIME AND BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS. Michael D. Johnson, and Akshay
Parthasarathy

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S2504_A0333 A TWO-STAGE AIRCRAFT TRACKING APPROACH USING 639

PROBABILISTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS AND ON-BOARD CONDITION
MONITORING. P. Hoffman, M. Rabie, and M. Modarres
S2505_A0334 ASSESSMENT OF THE INTEGRITY OF OIL PIPELINES SUBJECT TO 641
CORROSION-FATIGUE AND PITTING CORROSION. M. Chookah, M. Nuhi,
and M. Modarres
S2506_A0358 NONLINEAR HYPERBOLIC CONSERVATION LAWS. Joaquim M.C. Correia 643
S2507_A0378 BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS AN INSTRUMENT OF RISK 645
MITIGATION. Carlos Vilela de Sousa, Joana Oliveira Almeida, and Raimundo
Moreno Delgado
S2508_A0389 FUZZY APPROACH TO BUCKET WHEEL EXCAVATOR DEPENDABILITY 647
DETERMINATION. Miloš Tanasijević, and Dejan Ivezić
S2509_A0397 COMPARISON OF GAUSSIAN AND GAMMA ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING 649
PLANS. Elisabete Carolino, and Isabel Beirão
S2510_A0398 A MAINTENANCE POLICY WITH PERIODIC IMPERFECT AND PERFECT 651
INSPECTIONS. Eva López Sanjuán
S2511_A0504 A NEW APPROACH FOR COMPARING ECONOMIC SAMPLING 653
METHODS IN QUALITY CONTROL IN SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENT
FAILURE RATES. J. Rodrigues Dias, and Manuel do Carmo
S2512_A0505 COMPARISON OF NEW ADAPTIVE SAMPLING INTERVALS IN QUALITY 655
CONTROL USING DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. J. Rodrigues Dias, and Maria
José Amorim

CHAP. XXIII DYNAMICS AND STABILITY 657

S2601_A0236 AN ORIGINAL APROACH TO BUCKLING OF BEAM/COLUMNS UNDER 659

CONSERVATIVE LOADING. Szymon Imiełowski, and Jerzy Odorowicz
S2602_A0568 THE GUSSET PLATE EFFECT IN STEEL PLATE SHEAR WALL SYSTEMS. 661
M.M. Alinia, A.H. Jamshidi, and H.R. Habashi
S2603_A0580 HARMONIZING EFFECTIVE LENGTH K-FACTORS BETWEEN 663
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN CODES OF PRACTICE. Albano C. Sousa, and
R.C. Barros
S2604_A0581 A PARAMETRIC STUDY ON A RC FRAME BASED ON “PUSHOVER” 665
ANALYSIS. V.G. Pereira, R.C. Barros, M.T. César
S2605_A0582 NON LINEAR ELASTIC AND MATERIAL ANALYSES OF IMPERFECT CHS 667
COLUMNS (STEEL TUBES AND CONCRETE FILLED TUBES). G.
Gonçalves, M.B. César, and R.C. Barros
S2606_A0583 SOME RESEARCH ON CONTROL OF VIBRATIONS IN CIVIL 669
ENGINEERING UNDER COVICOCEPAD PROJECT. R.C. Barros, A. Baratta,
O. Corbi, M.B. César, and M.M. Paredes

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